BREATHTAKING views across the Lyth Valley towards Whitbarrow Scar are just one of the highlights of this architect-designed country house in Crosthwaite village.

Scarsdale has been tastefully improved and refurbished by its owners, and is immaculately presented, with double glazing throughout.

It is on the market with Michael CL Hodgson for £875,000.

The main accommodation, including the master bedroom suite, is located on the ground floor - a large entrance hall, inner hall, lounge, dining room, recently installed high-quality kitchen/breakfast room, music room, utility, pantry, cloakroom, master bedroom suite with dressing area and shower room.

On the first floor are two double bedrooms and a shower room, and Scarsdale also features a large loft, undercroft store, garage, driveway, and beautiful, extensive lawned gardens with a terrace, vegetable garden, greenhouse and 2.7-acre paddock with a stream - all in all, about 3.7 acres.

The lovely lounge with marble fireplace has pleasant southerly and westerly outlooks onto the gardens and beyond, and there is a "fine southerly vista" from the breakfast kitchen. This superb room features a fitted oak dresser, Belfast sink and electric AGA which operates as a traditional oven in the summer.

A glazed, panelled balcony gives wonderful south-westerly views over the gardens, which are well stocked with rhododendrons, azaleas, rowan and fruit trees, among many other species. There is an eight-bay greenhouse with electric light and irrigation, and the vegetable garden features raised beds.

www.michael-cl-hodgson.co.uk, tel 01539-721375 .